Still here, just very busy.....

It's been nearly two months since I've posted here. The job keeps me very busy helping my office staff keep their act together. I finally got a four-day weekend after six months and I am spending a few minutes here to let my followers know I'm okay. Anyway, my latest rant on Fox5 News can be found here at the 1:36 mark. Have a great weekend readers!

Kim Jong Il, North Korea and a lot of hot air

Hi Readers, you know, KJI is becoming a little too bold in his threats against the U.S., and the world at large. Time to give this dictator a good pants-down-spanking for being too damn big for his britches, read on:

NORTH KOREA THREATENS TO 'WIPE OUT' U.S., ONCE AND FOR ALL.

I'm sure the South Korean people are having a good laugh right now, considering the past threats KJI has made, and failed to make good on. What's he going to do to wipe out the U.S.? Come up with a better motor car that outsells anything the U.S. makes? PLEASE! Again, this windbag really needs to retire and shut up before China gets fed up and puts a cap in his 67-year-old buttocks!

Too many days

Hi Readers,

Well, as the saying goes, "No rest for the wicked" rings very true. Been spending much time on Newsvine building a great following of excellent writers, commentators and adversaries. Anyway, let's start my latest post after this thread. Have a great weekend.

What is wrong with Governor Jim Gibbons?

Readers, I never thought, in a million years that a public official would go out of their way to set the state they represent up for failure by vetoing bills meant to give the state-employed citizens bargaining rights.

Jim Gibbons did that very thing this week.

Robo-dialing becoming a nuisance

NEW YORK - Unsolicited calls to home and cell phones warning of a final notice and an expiring vehicle warranty are a nuisance and harassment and should be the subject of a federal investigation, a U.S. senator said Sunday.
More and more Americans are receiving calls with a computerized voice saying, "This is the final notice. The factory warranty on your vehicle is about to expire," or something similar, several times a day on their cell or land lines. The calls come even if a person has signed up for the national "do not call" registry.
Now, Sen. Charles Schumer of New York wants a federal investigation into the "robo-dialer harassment."

"Not only are these calls a nuisance, but they tie up land lines and can eat up a user's cell phone minutes, possibly leading to a higher cell phone bill due to overage charges," said Schumer, D-N.Y.
Meanwhile, officials in 40 states are investigating the companies behind the car-warranty calls.
Michelle Corey, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau in St. Louis, Mo., said the industry is based largely in the St. Louis area and generates thousands of complaints a year.
She said a group of companies began operating in Missouri in the mid-1990s that offered extended repair warranties to people whose manufacturer-issued warranties were about to expire. Within a few years, about 35 firms were offering similar services.
"It's a very lucrative industry," Corey said.
The companies offer contracts akin to insurance policies, pledging to pay for car repairs in exchange for fees paid up front.
The companies call numbers randomly and leave messages telling people that their auto warranties are about to expire — whether or not they own a car.
Some companies also send out cards that mislead recipients into thinking that their vehicle has been subject to a safety recall, Corey said.